This case study covers a wide variety of problems that can confront school superintendents and it challenges students to create a coherent and authentic approach to systemic school reform. It may be used in an introductory course in critical issues of the superintendency with the emphasis on identifying issues and trouble areas and arriving at possible solutions. This case also presents a situation that is complicated enough that it may be used in a seminar for advanced doctoral students.
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